BRIDGETON - The father of a Vineland High School student who was killed while crossing Main Road to reach her bus stop has filed a lawsuit against the city of Vineland, the local school board, county government and three individuals associated with the 2013 accident.

Daniel J. Strittmatter, father of Alexa J. H. Strittmatter, filed an eight-count civil lawsuit in Superior Court in Cumberland County on Oct. 30, the two-year anniversary of his daughter's death.

Alexa Strittmatter, a 14-year-old freshman at VHS, was struck by two vehicles in the early morning hours of Oct. 30, 2013, as she attempted to cross South Main Road to get to a school bus stop at Pixwhey Court. The crash occurred around 6:50 a.m., before sunrise.

Daniel Strittmatter seeks unspecified compensatory damages against the two drivers who struck his daughter, as well as the owner of one of the vehicles.

Both drivers — Norberto Rodriguez-Centeno of Hammonton and Marthenia Gaymon of Vineland — are accused of “negligently” operating their motor vehicles and failing to “provide a standard of such care” to Alexa “that an ordinary prudent person would provide in similar circumstances,” according to the suit.

Rodriguez-Centeno was driving his car in the northbound lane of Main Road when it struck Alexa. Gaymon was southbound and subsequently struck the teenager.

No criminal charges were filed against either driver, however both were issued minor citations by the Vineland Police Department, including one for a tinted window violation and another for unsafe tires.

The suit identifies another defendant, Hammonton resident Hilda Rodriguez, as the owner of the 2003 Chevrolet Impala that Rodriguez-Centeno was driving.

Daniel Strittmatter’s other two children, 19-year-old twins Tessa E. B. Strittmatter and Richard A. Strittmatter, are named as co-plaintiffs in the suit.

They were with Alexa that morning and saw the tragic accident as it happened, according to the suit.

Witnessing the accident caused the siblings to “suffer physical injury including severe and permanent emotional distress,” the lawsuit claims. The suit alleges Rodriguez-Centeno, Rodriguez and Gaymon caused "infliction of emotional distress" for the siblings.

The Vineland Board of Education was negligent in its role to provide safety to students, failing to maintain a safe bus transportation policy, failing to notify parents of their children’s trips to bus stops in the dark and other charges, according to the suit.

The suit also states the school board “knew or should have known that the maintenance of a school policy for bus transportation, which included some children crossing heavily congested streets in the dark, would forseeably be dangerous for such children and could result in serious injury or death.”

The school board also is being sued for “emotional damages” caused to Alexa’s siblings.